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The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.
[edit] State Rankings
1960 U.S. State Population Rankings
Rank |
State |
Population |
1 |
New York |
16,827,000 |
2 |
California |
15,850,000 |
3 |
Pennsylvania |
11,343,000 |
4 |
Illinois |
10,113,000 |
5 |
Ohio |
9,739,000 |
6 |
Texas |
9,617,000 |
7 |
Michigan |
7,848,000 |
8 |
New Jersey |
6,099,000 |
9 |
Massachusetts |
5,167,000 |
10 |
Florida |
5,000,000 |
11 |
Indiana |
4,677,000 |
12 |
North Carolina |
4,563,000 |
13 |
Missouri |
4,331,000 |
14 |
Virginia |
3,978,000 |
15 |
Wisconsin |
3,964,000 |
16 |
Georgia |
3,949,000 |
17 |
Tennessee |
3,573,000 |
18 |
Minnesota |
3,426,000 |
19 |
Alabama |
3,273,000 |
20 |
Louisiana |
3,270,000 |
21 |
Maryland |
3,116,000 |
22 |
Kentucky |
3,047,000 |
23 |
Washington |
2,860,000 |
24 |
Iowa |
2,761,000 |
25 |
Connecticut |
2,548,000 |
26 |
South Carolina |
2,392,000 |
27 |
Oklahoma |
2,333,000 |
28 |
Mississippi |
2,180,000 |
29 |
Kansas |
2,178,000 |
30 |
West Virginia |
1,857,000 |
31 |
Arkansas |
1,788,000 |
32 |
Oregon |
1,773,000 |
33 |
Colorado |
1,758,000 |
34 |
Nebraska |
1,414,000 |
35 |
Arizona |
1,318,000 |
36 |
Maine |
974,000 |
37 |
New Mexico |
958,000 |
38 |
Utah |
896,000 |
39 |
Rhode Island |
857,000 |
x |
District of Columbia |
762,000 |
40 |
South Dakota |
682,000 |
41 |
Montana |
678,000 |
42 |
Idaho |
671,000 |
43 |
Hawaii |
642,000 |
44 |
North Dakota |
634,000 |
45 |
New Hampshire |
609,000 |
46 |
Delaware |
449,000 |
47 |
Vermont |
391,000 |
48 |
Wyoming |
332,000 |
49 |
Nevada |
288,000 |
50 |
Alaska |
228,000 |
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